Mangle



(ModeL) A. V. SEMRAD. Mangle.

Nan 233,031. Patented Oct. 5,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON V. SEMRAD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MANGLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,031, dated October 5, 1880.

Application filed July 7, 1880. (ModeL) tion.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved mangle which is simple in construction and effective and convenient in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved mangle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line w 00, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The table A, resting upon suitable supports, is provided with an upright, B B, at or near the center of each longitudinal edge, which uprights are preferably connected at the upper ends by a transverse bar or rod, C. Two or more rollers, I) D, preferably of greater length than the distance between the uprights B B, provided with handles a a, projecting beyond the edge of the table, rest upon the same, and carry a box or chest, E, of the same width as the distance of the inner sides of the uprights B B from each other. The box or chest E is provided with a handle, F, projecting beyond the sides of the box at each end, and is open on top, so that it can be weighted more or less, as may be desired or necessary, by means of any desired or suitable material.

The improved mangle is used as follows: The clothes are placed upon the table A, one

'ra-ised end of the box.

end of the box E is supported by a block or other suitable device, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and a roller, D, is placed under the The other end of the boX is then supported in the same manner and a roller is placed under it. The box is then weighted and moved to and fro in the direction of the length of the table, whereby the rollers D D roll over the clothes under considerable pressure and smooth them. One roller is on each side of the standards B B, and as the rollers arelonger than the distance between the uprights B B they cannot roll beyond the middle of the table. and likewise the box E cannot be rolled off of the table,as the projecting handle F would strike against the uprights B.

The within-described mangle is very easily operated, and smooths the clothes or articles very rapidly and effectually.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a mangle, the combination, with the table A and with the uprights B, located at or near the center of the longitudinal edges of the table, of the rollers D and of a box, E, provided with handles F F, projecting beyond the uprights B, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

ANTON V. SEMBAD.

Witnesses WILLIAM TEMPLIN, JULIUS SCHMIDT. 

